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In short , Mr . Bentham writes as if he was allowed but a single sentence to
express his whole view of a subject in , and as if , should he omit a single
circumstance or step of the argument , it would be lost to the world for ever , like
an estate by a ...
In short , Mr . Bentham writes as if he was allowed but a single sentence to
express his whole view of a subject in , and as if , should he omit a single
circumstance or step of the argument , it would be lost to the world for ever , like
an estate by a ...
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Mr . Godwin , in all his writings , dwells upon one idea or exclusive view of a
subject , aggrandises a sentiment , exaggerates a character , or pushes an
argument to extremes , and makes up by the force of style and continuity of
feeling for what ...
Mr . Godwin , in all his writings , dwells upon one idea or exclusive view of a
subject , aggrandises a sentiment , exaggerates a character , or pushes an
argument to extremes , and makes up by the force of style and continuity of
feeling for what ...
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This retort had all the effect , and produced the same surprise as the most brilliant
display of wit or fancy : yet it was only the detecting a flaw in an argument , like a
flaw in an indictment , by a kind of legal pertinacity , or rather by a rigid and ...
This retort had all the effect , and produced the same surprise as the most brilliant
display of wit or fancy : yet it was only the detecting a flaw in an argument , like a
flaw in an indictment , by a kind of legal pertinacity , or rather by a rigid and ...
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He has evidently the best of the argument , yet he makes nothing out of it . He
tells a long story about himself , without wit or point in it ; and whines and
whimpers like a school - boy under the rod of his master . Junius , after bringing a
hasty ...
He has evidently the best of the argument , yet he makes nothing out of it . He
tells a long story about himself , without wit or point in it ; and whines and
whimpers like a school - boy under the rod of his master . Junius , after bringing a
hasty ...
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The one was , to express our admiration at the good - nature of the mottos , in
which the author has taken occasion to remember and quote almost every living
author ( whether illustrious or obscure ) but himselfan indirect argument in favour
of ...
The one was , to express our admiration at the good - nature of the mottos , in
which the author has taken occasion to remember and quote almost every living
author ( whether illustrious or obscure ) but himselfan indirect argument in favour
of ...
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